The Sun. — London, England, 1838-06-28 00:00:00

1' OROS AT A ) I:l4rayed ji . v.tt a little 7; ork entitled" Cl4aplera on lit ths age of the Piantagenets and Tudors, l 1 WWI under the Stuarts, until the coronation of Jame s 11., it was cu stomary for the kings tol ' reside in the Tower of London for some time, P r ev i ous t o the coronation. On the Saturday before the coronation the sovereign went from: Westminster to the Tower of London, at-, nded by great numbers of the nobility awh civic dig-mtaries, and by those squires that . were to be knight e d, an d w h o watc h e d th e i r; arins that night. Each squire bad a chamber allotted him, anti a bath in which he bathed.. The ensuing day after mass the sovereign meate4l them knight. After their investiture they were permit:ed to sit down in the king's presence, but dorile.f the whole time of dinner they were not al 1 uv. ed to partake of any part of he entertainment. The queens in their own right, Mare,' Rod Elizabeth, though they girded the swoid:i on the knights with their ewn hands, did no give the accolade or blow, which is the deter:einate action that impresses the character of knighthood. At both coro nations, Henry earl of Arundel performed this office. A ropy of his appointment is to be found in ltvrver. WiLLIAM TUE CONQUEROR. After William had taken the coronation oath, to protect ti.e church, prohibit oppres sion, and execute jedgment in mercy, Aldred put the ,qaestion..•• Will ye have _this .-prince to be sour king r The people answered with loud shouts, and the noise gave so much alarm to the Norman garrison in the city, that the soldiers, believing the 'English to have revolted, without waiting to nlnke any investigation, im mediately set the next houses on fire, .which spreading - and giving a general alarm, most of the congregation rushed out of the church, the English hastening to stop the fire, and the Normans to plunder. The bishops, clergy, and monks, who remained within the church, were in such confusion, that they were scarce able to go through the ofEce of crowning the king ; William himself, who saw the tumult, and could not conjecture its cause, sate trem bling at the foot of the altar, and, though no great mischief was done by the fire, it laid the foundation of a ng and inveterate enmity between the English and the Normans. WILLIAM 11., Rupus. William IL laid claim to the crown by virtue of a form of election ; the nobles believ ing that he would be less inclined to control !heir usurped,privileges than his elder brother, Robert. He was crowned at - Westminster, September 27, 107, by Lanfranc archbishop of Canterbury, and the archbishop of York. Besides swearing to observe justice, equity, and mercy in all his conduct, and to maintain the peace, liberties. and privileges of the church, he promised that he would follow the arch bishop's counsels. in his administrations. HENRY Thy coronation of Henry I. was performed in a hurried manner, on the fourth day after the death of Ruins. In every respect the forms of his coronation were the same as those of the Saxon kings. S I'EPHEN. The coronation of Stephen, after he had sworn allegiance to the empress Matilda, *Ali great anxiety in an :17,e whe was supposed that the punishinent of perju was immediate and visible. The ceremon -chbishop 0 parties 'intO such confusion, that the consecrated wafer fell on the ground, the kiss of peace after the sacrament was omitted, and even the final benediction for 'oaten. - w 4.3 pviormcd by William art —=, Canterhory;_aLLii—iti_said_that storn2 al-me, - which -threw all the 'HENRY 11. ~, _ Henry was crowned at Westminster on the San day before Christmas-day, A.D. 1154, by Theobald archbishop of Canterbury : although his hereditary right was unquestionable, he waq formally elected by the clergy and people. h is said that Henry was crowned again with his queen. A.D. 1159 ; but this report arose from his having worn the crown during the ceremony. RICHARD 1. Duke Richard, having made all necessary Ireparations for, his coronation, came to L in don, where he assembled the archbishops of Canterlin,.. Rouen. and TOUTS, who had given him absolution in Normandy for waging war against his father after he had taken the cross as a crusader. First, the archbishops, "aishops, abbots. and clergy, wearing their square caps. and preceded by the cross and holy water bearers and deacons burning in .:'p,D,L4C, went to the door of the royal bed •ehamber, and led the duke in solemn pro •cession to the great altar in the church W e stininer. When they reached the :altar, Richard s wore. i n t h e presence of t he A2lerzy and peop:e on the holy Gospel and the sacred relies, that he would observe peace, honour, and reiTeet, all the days of his life, to God, holy eh ee!!, and its ordinances. His satendantS then pped him to his trousers and dirt, the latter of which was left (;pen between the shoulders on account of the anointing. taidwin archbishop of Canterbury, who wore ch buskins of cloth of gold, then anointed • king in three places, on the head, between the shoulders, and on the right arm. A con se cra ted coif and a cap of estate were j. laced upo." his head, and he was vested Wit;..' es, the dalmatic, and th e th. 9, royal re ': • then delivered him a -•tnies of the - church. sword, to .estrum th e ^ en, Two earls Then buckled on his spurs, and in / After which vested him with the p all of stat,,. Baldwin conjured him In the nazit •e of God, and forbade hi m to ta k e the crown, M ess ;e -1 were firmly resolved in his heart and sot, observe all the promises to which he had sworze. The festivities were sullied by a sancruinar N and disgraceful r:ot. Numbers o f J ews had ;.Hocked to England in the reign of Henry 11., where they were honourably protected by that liberal and enlighzened sovereign. Grateful for such unusual favours t he% t ' h as ern se se m i l :e l :, d j a n t n London to subscribe amog order to make Richard a splendid present o the day o f his corenation. IJnt ortunateiy Richard was persuaded by some of the bigots who surrounded hit that the Jews were ae e ,"_ Coined t o practise ma: is on sovereigns during the time of the coronation, and he therefore issued an edict, ImAiibitinc/ any Jew from ex terior, the chu rc h w hil e the ceremony was per at the p a l ace eitirinsr formed, or app ear i ng din ner.o,ercame prudence; several a C otiosity the most constieraisle Jews, mintled Rule the w croftl, anti gathered - round th e f sh e palace. One of tit , :ll, calle a v eltr i ng - tof:ceaat lintritYlCeltwas SLTut;I: in the face 1.1 , • 441 yn ea 4 _ iletV4 Pft PE *r' —tl/17.:K• -N - • ...;- :.`• ' ' :Ivy , td*.r-41-fl- - ' •-• •=:: 7 . 4\ ' ',4.A.!'": ', ' - ", '..•--');_—?• 1 ~.,• - • L3k;,. ; . ' . f - . 4 . . •'. ''.: -.l'll. ~ A_ . . 'us Chrtetlan ; trus . signal roused the fanati;:isin )1 the multitude : a general assault was made ipon.the JIr2VS. who fled in confusion towards he city. Some wretches, eager 'for plunder, -aised a cry that the king had given orders for the e::termination of the unbelieving Jews : !and, as this was by no means improbable, when the king was a crusader, it received im [illicit credit. The city mob, swelled by the !multitudes who had cone from the country, iatuaard the houses of the Jews, which the in ihabitmats defended with great courage and ob lotinacY. The enraged populace, when ni_7lit 'came on, finding that they could not break into the houses, hurled bands and torches on the roofs and through the windows, Conflagra tions burst forth in various parrs of the city, which consumed not only the houses of the Jews, but those of the Christians adjoining. andßiehard caused several cf the ringleaders and most notorious malefactors to be apprehended the next day ; they were hanged as a terror to others, a proclamation was issued taking the Jews under the royal protection, and the tran quillity of the city was restored. JOHN. John ascended the throne, to the prejudice of the hereditary rights of his nephew Arthur, L)y virtue of a form of election. The arch bishops, bishops, earls. barons, and other the estates of the realm, being assembled in the church of Westminster, May 27th, 1199, Hubert aychbishop of Canterbury addressed them in these memorable words : Hear a!I ;7 :s wisdom, that no man bath any right of succes sion to this crown, unless he be elected for.his own merits by the unanimous consent of the kingdom, with invocation of. the Holy Ghost, after the manner and similitude of Saul, whom God set over his chosen people, though he was neither the son of a king, nor sprung of a royal line; and in like manner after him, David, the son of Jesse ; the former becauSe he was brave, and suited to the royal dignity, the lat ter because he was humble and pious. So that he who surpasses all within the realm in fitness for royalty should preside over all in dignity and power. But if any one of. the family of the deceased sovereign should excel others, his election should be the more readily and cheerfully conceded. Wherefore, as our late sovereign Richard died without issue of his body, and as his brother, earl John, now present, is wise, brave, and manifestly noble, we, having respect both to his merits and his royal blood, unanimously and with one accord elect him to be our sovereign." This was the most decisive form of election since the Conquest. HENRY TH. After the death of John, London being in possession of the French prince Louis, an assembly of the principal authorities was con vened at Winchester, under the presidency of Gualo, the papal legate. They unanimously resolved that the young king should be crown ed on the 28th of October, A.D. 1216. The ceremony was performed in the cathedral of Winchester. The papal legate compelled Henry to do homage to the holy Roman church and Pope Innocent for his kingdom of England and Ireland ;—he also made him swear that he would pay an annual tribute of one thousand marks to the papal see. The ceremony of coronation was repeated by Ste phen Langton archbishop of Canterbury. Early in the year 1236 Henry married the lady Eleanor, daughter to the_ earl of Pro vence-, "Wh4se. .beauLy - is ceiebratecf 1;yaIlt - he chroniclers. The ceremony of her coronation was per ",tirnrir,i;rl,7,7 ricvm, rirs doubfETaiiry our readers : ‘‘ At the solemnitie of this feast and corona tion of the quene, all the high peeres of the realm both spiritual! and temporall were pre sent, there to exercise their offices as to them apperteined. The citizens of London were there in great arraie, bearing afore hir in so lemn wise three hundred and three score cups of gold and silver, in token that they ought to wait upon hir cup. Archbishop of Canter burie (accordinc , to his dutie) crowned hir, the bishop of London' assisting him as his deacon. The citizens of London served out wine to everie one in great plentie. The feast was plentifull, so that nothing wanted that could be wished. Moreover in Tothill-fields roiall justes were holden by the space of eight daies together." EDWARD T. On the 15th of August, 1:274, Edward I. and his queen Eleanor 'were crowned at Westminster by : the Archbishop of Canter bury, aided by other prelates. Holinshed acids some remarkable particu lars of this coronation : " At this coronation were present, Alexan der king of Scots, and John earls of Bretaine, with their wiv e s that were sisters to King Edward. The kof Scots did homage unto King Edward for the re:time of Scotland, in like man ner a s other the kings of Scotland before him had donne to other kings of Eng land, ancestoures to this King Edward. A.t the solemnitie of this coronation there were let go at liberty! (catch them that catch might) five hundred great horsses hv the king of Scots, the earles of Cornewall, Glocester, Pembroke, Warren, and others, as they were alliolted fro their backs." EDWARD 11. Edward 11. and his queen were crowned at Westminster on the 24th February. flohn shed informs us There was such presse and thronz at this coronation, that a knight, called Sir John Dakewell, was thrust or crowded to death." The bishops also were incommoded, and forced to hurry through the service in a slovenly manner ; and yet it was not con hided before three in the afternoon. EDWARD HI. lOn the deposition of Edward 11., his son. prince Edward, was brought to a general as -mblv of the nobles and cierzy in the abbey -I; of Westminster. on the 20th of Janu - - c ar 1 7 1,, 27, and Walter Raynold exhorted all Moose the young prince for their ~:sented; but the prince him 15prve,,eserenitsm1.0. s e lf ,•lared that he Would not accept the cro unt il i t ad been voluntarily resigned father. medal was struck A rerda ;.l".able coron tibr: rince youn ,;r on this. occasion :on one side the ; g p wa s represented crowned , laying eptre 011 a luta? of hearts, with the motto "Poputo Fiat jorra volerd.i" (He gives laws to a willing people); and on he other was a hand held out to save a falling c;own, with the ai2tto, 1,7 ‘ , 4z ra pi4 sed recipit.' (He seizes not, but receives.) RICA Ait.D The eefortatian of this Kull was more - aiaiceaz any of preen ii - 7 The THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY. J UNE :.2; 1835. procession of the king . fr,om the Tower, _to, Westminste, • on - the - dly precedino• the coro nation, •is thus described by llolinshed The citie was adorned in all sorts most richlie. The water-conduits ran with wine for the space of three hours together. In the 'upper end of Cheape was a -certain castell, (made with inure towers ; out of the which•cas !tell, on two sides of it, ran forth wine abun !dandy. In the towers were placed foure beau itifull virgins, of stature and age like to the king, apparelled in white vestures, in every tower one, the which blew in the king's face; at his approaching neere to them, leaves of gold ; and as he approched also, they threw on him and his horsse counterfeit florens cif gold. When he was come 'before the eastell they tooke cups of gold, and, filling them with wine at the spouts of the castell, prosented the same to the king and to his nobles. On the top of the castell, betwixt the foure towers, mood a golden ang-ell, holding a crowne in his hands, which was so contrived, that when the king came he bowed downe, and offered ta , him the crowne_ In the midst of the king s pallace was a marble pillar, raised hollow' upon steps, on the top whereof was a great gilt eagle placed, under whose feet in the chapiter of the pillar divers kinds of 'wine' came gushing forth at foure several places al) the dais long, neither was ante forbids en t 'receive the same, were he never so poor. , • - , t • t. HENRY VII. Henry VII. was crowned October 30th, 1485, and his queen, Elizabeth. October 30th, 1487. The latter was remarkable for the Procession by waxer from the palace of Green wich to the Tover, instead oT from W'4 est minster, as was usual. The queen was escorted by the lord mayor, sheriffs, and the heads of the different companies in their state . barges, richly ornamented with silken pennons and streamers, and also with the banners of the different trades, on which their arms were em broidered in gold. One of these barges, called. the bachelors' barge, contained an extraor dinary pageant, an enormous red dragon which spouted streams of fire into the Thames. When +Ate queen rade through the city on the follow ing day, choirs of children dressed as angels were stationed in different places, who sang hymns and songs as she passed by. HENRY VIII. Henry VIII. was extremely fond of pa geantry, • and he was particularly anxious about V the ceremonials of his coronation. The Londoners seconded his desires, and when, after haying created twenty-four knights of the Bath, he ,rode through London from the Tower, June, 22, 1509, the streets were bung with tapestry and ~,cloth of arras, and a great part of the south side of Cbear and part of Cornhill were hung with cloth of gold. The several companies and civic dignitaries lined the streets; and Hall tells The geldsrniths' s;,111s unto the end of the Old Change, being replenished with' virgins in white, with branches of white wax ;; the priestes and clearkes in rich copes, with crosses and censers of silver, cetising his grace and the' queen& also as they passed. The queene Katherine was, sitting in hir litter, borne by two white palfries, the litter covered and richlie apparelled, and the palfries trapped in white cloth of g-old ; hir person apparelled in white satin imbroidered, hir haire hanging docvne to hir backe, beautifull and goodlie to behold, and on hir head a coronall set with manie rich orient stones." The coronation was celebrated with brilliant “justs and turneics," which the king and queen witnessed, from .‘ a faire house covered with tapestric. • HENRY IV - nett by arcltbishop ile: alan on the 13th of Octobers 1399, and on this occasion the ampulla was first employed. After Henry had gone to the Tower he created forty-six knights of the Path, among whom were three of his own sons. The procession from the Tower to Westminster was unusually splendid, no less than six thousand horses having been employed on the occasion. Froissart . gives the following account Henry I V.'s procession. " The duke of Lan• caster left the Tower this Sunday after dinner on his return to Westminster ; y he was bar headed, and had round his neck the order o the king of France. The prince of Wale ' six dukes, six earls, eighteen barons. acc partied him, anti there were of knights an other nobility from eight to nine hundred hors in the procession. He passed through the streets of London, which were all handsomely decorated with tapestries and other rich 'hang ings : there were nine fountains in Cheapside and other streets he passed through, that ran perpetually with white and red wines. The whole cavalcade amounted to six thousand horse, that escorted the duke from the Tower to Westwijaster." HENRY V. Henry V. was crowned on the 9th of April, 1413. Katherine of France, the queen of Henry V., was crowned on the 24th of Fe bruary, 1420 ; the account which Holinshed gives of the magnificence displayed upon this occasion is far too characteristic of the age to be omitted. " After the great solemnization of the foresail coronation in the church of St. Peter's, at Westminster, was ended, the queene eras convcied into the great• Hail of West, minter, and there set to dinner. Upon whose right hand sat, at the end of the table, the archbishop of Canterbury, and Henrie sur named the Rich, cardinall of Winchester. Upon the left hand of the (lucent sat the king of Scots in his estate, who was served with covered- messe, as - were' e forest..6o- bishops; but yet after them. Upon the left hand, next' to the cupboard, sat the maim and his bre thren, the aldermen of London. The bish o p s ' 1, began against the baranji f; Pt;7 - 1 the - ja - thi4 a . -At - int' major. Thes:,. with others, ordered the s vice; and, for the first course, brawne in m tard, eeles in burneur, pike in herbage, fuiment with balien, lamprie powdered, trout, codli ng plaice fried, martins fried, crabs, leech lum bard flourished tartes, and a devise called a pellican, sitting on hir nest with hir birds, and, an image of St. Katharine holding a b oo k e ,l and disputing with doctors. " The second . course was, r-ellie coloured with columbine flowers, white potage or createe of almonds, breame of the sea, conger, cheuen, barbill and roch, fresh salmon, halilait,. gar nard, rochet broiled, smelts fried. crevis lobster, leech-damaske, with the king's pocsie •' flourished thereon. ‘. The third Course was, dates 'in compost, creame inotle, carpe doure, turbot, tenct, pearch with goion, fresh• sturgion with welks,• porperous rosted, crevesse tie eau doure, praths, eeles rooted with lamprie, a leech, called the white leech, •flourished with hawthorn leaves . and red :awes ; a marchpane garnished witpir.' diverse figures of angels." HJzNRY Henry VI. wag crowned at Wesiminstel, Nov. till, 1.4(2.9, being then only year of hiS, age. The coronation, celebrat,d at Westminster with gri dour. In the first course, Fabia.7 there were, among other royal vian, hedes in casteilys of-gold and enarme, tard rovall, with a lyopard of :zol , therein, and holding a fioure de lvi pageant for this course was, "A Seynt Edwarde and Seynt at upon eyther his cote armoure, holdy them a figure lvke unto KYT7e tinge also in his cote armoure, and a passynge from them both, sayinge,--- II perfyght kynges under one cote a, EDWARD IV. The monarch had his title confirm, forms of a popular election. Inv after his victory over Henry VI. he L on d wi , L,7,, ; 1 7 , t1r.--ned thanks to.G Paul's church. He was then co: solemn procession to Westminster, ; on the King's Bench. in the Hall. filled with people. It was then de: the commons whether. they would ; prince to be their sovereign; to assented. He was crowned by Bouchier, June 9.9 th, 1461. EDWAILD V. Preparations were made for the of- Edward V.. but the barons and refused to 'accept any of_ the late k as their sovereitrn. and tendered th( Richard duke of Gloucester. RICHARD 111. Richard 111. and his queen, A ter to the earl of Warwick, were the sth of July, 1483, " with the provision, mvs Grafton, " that was, fcr the coronation of his nephew." and queen rcL:eived the socraznem bands of the eardiiaal archblisisop 'bury, and erne host, or consecrated saes thaw. i the' ninth nattea two scaffolds tinder Hilo, One about the lusariajesty in such L a t in as t h ose near hi m - 01 . 1 common tafibty robe, very old, Tallied at .. 10 0 ' f_ ~ Ohe robe incur with geoid lace. valu-d at 0 10 0 L _ ~.,,.- e risp t 2 tile popular One silver collered silk robe, very old, and worth • feas,-, was •Frox6e, hating torc h es , lt - i d streamers set on it, tpoald commartd: thie oetv • Teat r•)let-e- ►•-• and another over the 13,111 o t t h e crosse, l ik e _ 3 0',4. tit meek). b;ea'. /(Z7!,fraage 4A:_i. passed oe- notiling- . • • • • • • • * . q) " „ .0 2 0 set with streamers and torches. -which tween th e king anti ins ministers on 'ine day or ()De rot, eof crimson tafraty sarcenet valued . at . 0 5 oin tells us, ' ..V.i . se or, pee of I.!tiskin,, cloth of silver and silver i • p 4iiild. not burn, the wind aas so great. The I h e c oronation. MIS. " )ore • 4tockin g •s, very old, and valued at . . 0 2 6 pense for his costes, and paines, e d , •• ~ c u ,_ laid Peter had sixteen pounds. thirteene sled- - 0 0% P pa li i i i l e (. ° , l: f ;; I- 1 ' 0 9. :;e loves f e:x l i ' l ) , t r h o i ° d i e ' r g e t ;l l(l w7 t th g (:u Id, a t ,0 1 0 G EOROE 1 11. -and queen 'Caroli TIP were' Three sword.i with scabbards of cloth of gould, at :".3 (I 0 v „,.'• ' •pi. i i and all his stuffe." George 11. One old -c. nib of borne ;vortii ,nothing . . . 4') 0 0 ide svttynr , '..kag•s, four soly i tie of . i Th e conduits ran with wine, and, When the ed October 11, 12'27, with the usual solenmi- ..., armed, and • :iItVIC authorities received die queen at Cheap ties, kiutnotng occurred to g i ve Totall in the chest ..4 10 6 0-w Chatilberiain presented her with a purse of or. infe - 6-e.it to the scene. vne atwerif. any variety The comb, which is here disrnisaed so con- . . t - f;stle e,ontatrung a thousand marks in gold. - ...nrv, stand-, . • .. . . GEORGE III.: lemptilOuSi,y, was supposed to have. beim', ged a scripturel. , i . .to. Edward the Confessor, and was used iii the ---41 . 73eholite*". --'''''.. - ELIZABF.TH. •. .1 George 111. and queen Charlotte wer.% ancient. forms of coronation, to smooth 1 lie ,a ' 41,,,,' Crowned the 22nd of September, 1761. armoure. . ' L.,•}eed's account of the procession of queenking's hair I...frrevious to the anointirte ,„ t• '-a - ' ~ rilizabeth contains some particulars too re- In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1764, m tnarkable to be omitted. a All things in ma - p. 28, is an extract from a letter addre s s e d t o . KINOs-AT-ARms. , . 'tried by the -.'..i!uesse, upon t t e fourteenth of January, with the dull!'. of I...)evonshire, which contains the ,-,a i t tie cireses of the king a` he arc -i uunediately - .g - aeat trioniphes and sumptuous shelves, shee fallowing singular anecdote :—" Tne young,- , . and pui•stuvants, add considerable spiendoiir :le crime to ' -ed thorow I.Ondon. towards WAtmirester, Pretender himself was in Westminster H a il , , . -. .to tne cercirioaiai.or a coronation. 1"lie • 'kin t aa- God at St.. I ~,_ eee ive - „fier-:iniLierian CZW; Le ; bUt before during the coronation, and in town two or three. , at-arme weer Tal),i. , •us-, or . 41 3r ^ 0a' ,7 oialiat e _ aid oete a, ---''T'`: - ,if? '''•'-':.1.1:11 1 :-. 14 . jiirli' - Tiffi6I;VIIZIS .t. tia1 . ,174.•• . 1 46 .4 : 0 - P. 4 t , - - 1 9 . 14(1- C' ailer 'f' ,144444Vr ." 4144 k 1 K1.140r•tg:,' -•----,--,.._--,. -.-.-%.•••• • ' 'lx e -• ,- -- - t 4 . -.: '- - ;:z 4 f-, • and. - - fo.-- 1 -..1- taatgine - that the scat was God'S int6' Which' V 7 Mr. Brown. A gentlt_ . mian . told me so, who 11.11(1.C1litte W . ' 1 ... a , ~- I'- 1 / : -; :_-+ are emblazoned; these talia .as' reseinble his erect i .- which was ! g h ee was to enter, and spec-e,isirVicegerent to saw him there, and who w.p n his ear, . t z is the last o f sleeveless gowns in form, but they are fur- Trianded , :_l. . le.ien the. English secptiic ;in that royall as- 'Your royal highness . , all mortals e,,, sae here.' whom I should expect , to . s,— I L was nished with winos. which fold, oa•er the arms. accept this - st i n bly, with eyes and hands elevated to They wear al- collars of SS,. that .., I curiosity that led me, said the other : 'hut I • ••• ' • l . ,is, c°ll,llv3set- which all ki - jea.ven, upon her knees, she prayed for his ' he that' the of links shaped like rile et -te r s , made of siiver archbish o p aasistance, ILS Solom on did for wisedorne when as3ure you, added , person Wilo is 0 , • , with badges at the centre, containine the Ile tooke the like char 7 ,e ; with a tbankfull re- the cause of all this pomp and magnificence is "- inembrance unto (C o n for his continued pre-envy the least r " the man I . shamrock, rose, and thistle, enamelled in their When the champion cast. down 1 . _ proper colours. 'They are alto entitled to ‘, lervation, who had brought her thorow great . h is gauntlet wear coronets, or plain circles of gold, deco- ,. coronation - dangers unto that pres:ent dignitie." for the last time, a white glove fell from one rated with sixteen upright leaves, eight of 1 commons She was crowned the "sth of January, 1553, of the spectators, who was in an elevated si- , which are long, and eight short. So import- tuation , on its bein,2- . . handed to the champion, king - s sons bv Oglethorpe bishop of Carlisle, the see of was the office of king-at-armsanciently ie crcv.-n z-o - 4 -4 ',Cjainterbury being vacant by the death of Car- he demanded, "\\ no was his fair foe?" The ant ht.4d,f • that a solemn Ceremony was appointed a di ria l Pole. Holinslied says that she corn- glove was said to have been thrown by the • • • 1 al;er who w for their inauguration In fact, it was the ~ posed the following pra.yer as she went to her young caev , as nresent in female m i n ,. f - ' . icry o a royal coronation, except that the cor.aplation : attire. • unction was performed with wine instead of Inc-, dank- 4‘ 0 Lard Ali-nightie and Everlasting God, GF.OUGE IV. vii. In Scotland, Sir L lavid L . ITh lesay was - .4.rawne.ti Ca I give Lee linu6t heartie tlaanks that thou hast crowoied Lyon k . e . ' in, - of-arms by his sovereign, selfe wore breve se WierrifE ll int* , Erie, as to srare me to The coronation of George IV., Which took s apnelintpti beheld tkis . ioifull dale. And I ackuolvleel f ze place on July 19 8.) ~ ~ 1 -I, was the most splendid with the ancient crown whicla the monarC:lhs v, - ore beforethey assumed ''' ' a it:J.lo4e cr awn, A. D The ki ng that thoa Bast kia-'lt as woilderfullie, and as ever celebrated in England. 1; - ;•)•) Lt from the meroifailie with me, eta t i,-„,,, c i . ,,,,k. t w i t h thy A special act of parliament wu.s passed to . . . of Canter- true and aithfull'-'emalt Daniell, thy prophet, enable the duke of Norfolk, who ;vas a Ro- -..------ '-- - - -- - -"- . - - -'-'r n - ---- -- - - --- ---'"'---!'- Leiatot: Printed and Published. by MURDO TfOZ..iNG, of w a f er , W as creMoyle t.itokt cieldrerectiL alit the ilea f.r6ai - dike man Catholic, to perfc.)rin the rainctious of earl No. 11Y, Swami. at 772 e Sus?, Oat*, No. 112- Stiauld, is i cr4eilie of the rec 4 c ; 14, ( 4 , roariaag illi - aas... .EYon maxsizal on the day of the ts,treaation. He i ti+e ttiiiitAy 1,-f It id til eetta.-41.1itunela.y, Jos.. Ai, J al3s. . ____., _ _ . _ ._ •________ EDWARD VL Edward VI. was crowned' February 20th, 1546. "He rode throuo-h London into West minster," says HoEnsiled, " with as great roialtie as might be, the streets being hung, and pageants in divers places erected, to testifie the good wiles of the citizens. . . . . As he passed on the south part of Paule's churchyard, an Argosine came from the battlements of Paule's church upon a cable, being made fast to an anchor by the deane's gate, lieing, on his breast, aiding . hiinselfe neither with baud nor foot, and after ascended to the maddest of the cable, where . he tumbled and plaied many prettie toics, whereat the king and the nobles had good pastime." At this coronation, when the three swords, for the three kingdoms, were brought to be .carried before him, ..the king observed, that there was yet one wanting, and called for the Btut.z. “ That," said he, is the sword of the spirit, and ought in all right to govern us,. who use these for the people's safety, by God's appointment. Without that sword we are nothing : we can do nothing. From thin we • are.. what we are this day ' . . . . we receive whatsoever it is that we at this present do assume. Under that we ought to live, to fight, to govern Me people, and to perform all our R fTairs. From that alontyve_avain ttiturrwer,': ion, a' afsnerer •. ftrcngtii: also, as premier peer of England, returned _thanks for the sovereign when the king's health was toasted by the peers. During the coronation feast. the king ac knowledged the. different service:: performed according to ancient, usage very graciously, save only when the cup of wine was presented by the lord mayor and citizens of London. ilk ma j e sty treated these gentlemen with marked coolness, and did not acknowledge their service by any salutati on . The account of - this coronation given by Sir Walter Scott is s 6 graphic and lively, that we think it will gratify our readers to insert an abridgment of it. " The effeet of the scene in the Abbey was beyond measure magnificent. The altar sur rounded by the fathers of the church—the king encircled by the nobility of the land and the councillors of his throne, and by warriors, wearing the honoured marks of • distinction bought by many a glorious danger—add to this, the rich spectacle of the aisles crowded with with waving plumage, and coronets, and caps of honour, and the sun, which brightened and saddened as if on purpose, now beaming in full lustre 0111 t Ile rich and varied assemblage, and now darting a solitary ray, which catched, as it passed, the glittering folds of a banner, or the edge of a group of battle-axes or parti zans, and then rested full on some fair form, the cynosure or neglil)ouriug eyes,' whose circlet of diamonds glistened under its influ ence. Imagine all this, and then tell me. if . have made my journey of Ruff hundred miles to little purpose. The box assigned to the foreign ambas sadors presented a most brilliant, effect, and was perfectly in a blaze with diamonds. When the sunshine lighted on Prince Esterhazy, in particular, he glimmered like a galaxy. An honest .-Perian was also a remarkable figure, from the dogged and impenetrable gravity with ‘vhich he looked on the whole scene, without ever moving a limb or a muscle during the space of four hours. Like Sir Wilful Wit woud, I cannot, tind.that your Persian is ortho dox ; for, if' he scorned everything else, there was• a Mahometan paradise extended on his right hand along tthe seats which were occu pied by the peeresses and their daughters, which the Prophet himself might have looked on with emotion. " But, in truth, the only interesting spectacle connected•with this feast was the challenge of the champion, which is now not only mitnean ing hut illegal ; for it is directly contrary to the statute abolishing wager of battle in all cases whatsoever. IVILLtAm IV. .• The arrangements for the coronation of William IV. and Queen Adelaide were a compromise between economy and parade. The procession from the Hall to the Abbey and the coronation feast. in the Hall, were omitted. The popular enthusiasm was greater, however, than on any former occasion. The .new entrance to St. James's Park was opened for the first time, and in the evening the me tropolis was universally illuminated. The very lanes and alleys tenanted by the poor classes were lighted, .to testify the loyal affection or even the humblest for " the sailor king." TV ALLE OF THE CROWN JEWELS. The ruby in the crown of state is valued at p 10,000/., and th e aqua mar i na , w hich f o rms 4 . tile mound-, is still more precious. When the notorious Colonel " 1 "- ' 1 , ......... I.t . , tit+i-tw ,- rheit.',.gie, - 'aiid Wag not reeoveyed for severzil,flays,,when it was picked up : l4 a poor : 1 , old t --- , woman w , :to w, , is sweping a v,rossing. „ The values of the other jewels hat - e l 'not been: ascertained, with the exception of those in the '. crown worn by the queen consort on her re turn to , Westminster Hall, which have been, estimated as follows Twenty diamonds round the circle, 1500/. each . £3 0 , 1 "': Two large centre diamonds, 20004 each . . . 4,01/0 Fifty-fimr smaller diamonds placed at the angles of the former Four Crosses. each composed of 25 diainonds., . Four large diamonds on the tops otilie.trinses - 4 0,000 Twelve, diamonds contained in tli,fietir delis Eighteen armdler diamonds contained in the same 2,000 Pearls, diamonds. &c., on the arches and crosses . 10,000 ( l ile hundred and forty-one diamonds on the mound 51/0 ' , Twenty-six diamonds on the upper cross . . - 3,00 0 Two circles of pearls about the r im . . . . 300 ..-------- , 43 11,900 CORONATION ROBES. The ancient. .corOnation robes which aver destroyed in 1639, do not appear to have been very valuable, if we may-judge from the enu meration given'or them V by the parliarrientary commissioners, from which we have: before quoted. In their report we find th e follow ing " Inventory of the Regalia, P, - OW irlt West minster Abbey, in au iron chest," where they were formerly kept. 0- - ---,m o n taffity robe, very old, valued at . 40 - --la lace. valued at . . ' 0 - ' worth have of , . QUEEN ' - 'SI.A.P.Y. , . •. Mary, the first female sovereign of tit' , &ton, was crowned on the Ist of October 1553. by Stephen Gardiner. bishop of Win-: chester, the archbishops of York and of ury being then prisoners in the Tower. 0 ,the last day of September she went in scat rom the Power to Westminster in an ope. , .11a.not„ drawn by six horses, covered wit ;loth of tissue. In a second chariot came th irincess Elizabeth and the lady Anne, o ~. leves ; the ladies in waiting rode up() orses covered with trappings of crimson vel. et and satin. Three pageants were erecte ' n Fenchurch-street by the Genoese., Easter ing, and Florentine merchants. Among the city pageants, the most rema .plc was that of St. Paul's cathedral, thus (.le-, cribed by Holinshed :----'. There was on - 'er.i•r, a Dutchman. that stood on the weather ; ock of Faille's steeple, holding a streamer i :. phis hand of five yards !ong, and waiving there-. of, stood sometimes on the one foot and shook e the other, and then kneeled on his knees, to ;he great. marvell of all people. He had tail i w A ff o ld, .d him. b- .hr so was I overwhelmed, and runty by thee de livered. To thee, therefore ; onelie be tb4nks, " honor, and praise, for ever. Amen. JAMES I. The ceremonial for the coronation of James I. was prepared under the superintendence of that monarch, and displays many marks of the pedantry and extravagant notions of the royal prerogative, which form so large a portion of his, character. He created two earls, ten barons, sixty-two knights of the Bath, and conferred the honour of knighthood on about four hundred gentlemen. CHARLES L The coronation of Charles I. was delayed until the sth of February, 1626, in conse oluence of the plague, which then reigned in London. The principal novelty was the in troduction of the following clause in one of the prayers: . " Let him obtain favour for thy people, like Aaron in • the tabernacle, Elisha in the waters, Zacharias in the temple. Give him Peter's key of discipline and Paul's doc trine." In the year 1633 Charles I. went to be crowned king of Scotland at Edinburgh. He was received with great splendour, and seve rat pageants were prepared to honour his re ception. The most singular was a triumphal arch. under which a mountain was raised in he form of a theatre, upon which sat a nymph, representing the Genius of the citv of Edin burgh. " Slice was attired in a sea-greene velvet mantle ; her sleeves and under roahe of blew tissue, with blew buskins on her feete about her necke shee wore a chaine of dia monds, the• dressing of her head represented a catto tiirn'ts. her -locks dangled upon her shoulders." She was attended by " all in white tatreta,With a blew mantle seeded with starres, and a crown of stones on her head, to chew from whence she is," lean ing upon a shield, and trampling beneath her feet Superstition, represented as a blind old woman, covered with rags. On the left hand stood Justice, in " a red damaske mantle," trampling upon Oppression, represented as " a person of fierce aspecte,'M armes, but broken all and scattered." CHARLES 11. Charles 11., having been invited to Scot land by .the Presbyterians, was crowned at Scone, January 1, 1651. On this occasion a most extraordinary sermon was preached by " Master Robert Dowglas, minister at Edin burgh, moderator of the General Assembly, from 2 Kings xi. verses 12-17." The preacher delivered a tierce philippic against the vouna king's father and mothe r , th e l a tt er of whom he compared to the wicked Athaliah. When the ceremony was concluded, " the minister spoke to him a word of exhortation ;?' that is to say, a long oration, scarcely less offensive than the sermon. JAMES H. James's coronation, April 23, 1685, was celebrated with so much splendour, that it ren dered him for a considerable time popular in London. The most remarkable anecdote con nected with the solemnity is, that, on the king's return from the Abbey, the crown tottered upon his head, and would have fallen off, had not the Honourable Henry Sidney supported it, saying, " This is not the first time our fa mily- have supported the crown." L LIA 141 AND MARY. E. 7:11P:6 4- Ar felv unci eold ; -it • t;;L. of the b:shop tionion officiating instead of the archbishop of Canterbury (Sancroft), who scrupled to place the crown upon the head of sovereigns who claimed it by a parliamentary title, and not by hereditary descent, and what he called divine right. ANNE. • Anne was crowned. April 23, 1702; her .)tusband, prince George of .Denmark, was present, but. took no prominent part in the rce remony. The queen gave the kiss of peace to F. the archbishop and the other prelates;. but, when the temporal peers did their homage, they only seemingly kissed her majesty's left i r cheek. As parlia men t was s i tt i ng , ga ll e ri es were provided for members of the House of Commons, both .in the Hall and: the Abbey, and .a sumptuous dinner was prepared for them in the Exchequer Chamber. GEORGE I. rworge 'I . was crowned a t WeStittlilB e O ctober. ' ) 0, 171 4, • with the u s u a l so l em niti e :The king did not understand English, an , few or those around him could , :peak German' so that the ceremonies had to he eXphune4